The weirding of political parties calls up visions of inclusiveness
I collected up some articles that make fascinating sense of what is happening in political parties – and in ourselves as we …
Creative responses to events in Charlottesville
There are dozens of possible responses to the recent events in Charlottesville. Perhaps our greatest opportunity right now is to have truly …
A really good new book about dealing with differences
Greg Nees’ Connecting Hearts and Minds: Insights, Skills, and Best Practices for Dealing with Differences is exactly what it says it is. …
Imagine a country imagining its future together. It did!
Within a month of toppling its dictator, Tunisia’s 2011 Arab Spring revolution was bogged down with a struggling transition government and a …
Race, interconnectedness, and co-intelligence
Black lives matter. And we’re all connected. And we’re all co-creating what happens next. What would it be like to co-create cultures …
The meltdown of “jobs” – gloomy and bright
Automation is deleting jobs at an accelerating rate – and there are bright and gloomy implications for that. On the gloomy …
Sixteen Approaches to the Strategic Use of Conversation
It turns out there are many different ways to look at increasing our strategic leverage with conversational initiatives. In January a number …
Using conversations strategically for transformation
The social and global challenges we face arise from the ways our cultures and systems make us think (and behave) as if …
January opportunity #1: Can Conversations on Crises Change Civilization?
Powerful conversations have a track record of impacting individuals and systems in significant ways. Thus, for many of us who practice and …
Moving beyond systemic blocks to caring
The social systems we live in – cultural, economic, political, and the rest – often make it difficult to effectively care. Understanding …